For any of the courses below please contact our Suncor Energy Industrial Campus at 780-799-8600 or 780-799-8601 for further information.

 

Dates & Availability	Course Name	Price
CEPDIC 100	Professional Drivers Improvement Course	$120.00
CECARGO100	Defensive Driving Course	$120.00
CETDG 100	Transportation of Dangerous Goods	$120.00
CEAIRQ 100	Air Brake "Q" Endorsement	$280.00
CECARGO100	Cargo Securement	$200.00
CEHRVSC100	Hours of Service with Log Book Training for Professional Drivers	$100.00
CEADS 100	Class 1 License Upgrading- Assessment	$100.00
CEADS 130	Class 1 License Upgrading- In Truck Instruction	$450.00
CEADS 150	Class 1 License Upgrading- In Truck Additional Hours	$350.00
	Circles of Influence (Decision Driving)
	Shifting Techniques
	Fuel Management
	Speed Management
	Space Management
	Adverse Conditions
CEHVYEQ 100	Heavy Equipment Operation	$8,500.00
	Heavy Equipment Machine Specific	Varies per machine
	Haul Truck Operator
	Class 5 Driver Training

 

Course Descriptions:

Professional Drivers Improvement Course

This course is a specially designed defensive driving course for the professional driver. It consists of classroom instruction aimed at improving driving skills and attitudes. It also offers the potential for reduction of demerits.

Course Code: CEPDIC 100

7:00 – 4:30 pm

$120.00 + GST

 

Defensive Driving Course

This course is a specially designed defensive driving course. It consists of classroom instruction aimed at improving driving skills and attitudes. It also offers the potential for reduction of demerits.

7:00 – 4:30 pm

$120.00 + GST

 

Transportation of Dangerous Goods

This course will examine a comprehensive set of regulations in the "ACT" which must be respected when transporting dangerous goods. The course will be of special interest to individuals involved in the transportation industry, such as professional drivers, shipper/receivers, and others seeking a certificate of training in this area.

Course Code: CETDG 100

7:00 – 4:00 pm

$120.00 + GST

 

Air Brake "Q" Endorsement

This course will be of interest to students having a valid Alberta Driver's License who wish to receive the Alberta "Q" (Air Brake) Certification. To successfully complete the course, the student will be required to attend 12 Hrs. of theory and successfully pass written and practical tests. "Q" endorsement is mandatory for professional drivers of air brake vehicles.

Students are required to wear hard hats, safety glasses and steel toed boots.

Course Code: CEAIRQ 100

7:00 – 4:30 pm

$280.00 + GST

 

Load Securement

This course will give you an overview of cargo securement, underscore key points all drivers need to know. When you are finished with securement training, you should know cargo securement techniques and how to use them. This training will provide basic information, techniques, and recommendations on how best to secure and protect a variety of different kinds of cargo on the most common types of trailers.

7:00 – 4:30 pm

$200.00 + GST

 

Hours of Service with Log Book Training for Professional Drivers

All drivers, dispatchers, and supervisors, in addition to any other employee who reviews a driver’s record of duty status, assigns loads or makes work schedules should have a working knowledge of the regulations to stay in compliance with the FMCSSRs. This training course will review the basics of keeping an accurate, legal, and current driver’s log.

7:00 – 3:30 pm

$100.00 + GST

 

Class 1 License Upgrading

License upgrading is dependent on Instructor and equipment availability. Applicant must have Air Brake “Q” certification and have written the Knowledge Test at Vehicle Registries. An Alberta Motor Vehicle Operator’s medical examination is required. An appointment to have an assessment of driving skills is also required.

Assessment of Driving Skills

Course Code: CEADS 100

Appt only

$100.00 + GST 1 Hr

In-Truck Instruction

Course Code: CEADS 130

Appt only

$450.00 + GST 3 Hrs

In-Truck Instruction Additional Hours

Course Code: CEADS 150

Appt only

$350.00 + GST 2 Hrs

 

Please call 780-799-8600/8601 to schedule an appointment.

 

Advanced Driver Training Courses

Suitable for light vehicles, tractor-trailers, straight trucks, and delivery vehicles.

A Complete Solution at Your Facility or ours

• Simulators

• Classrooms

• Curriculum

• Instructors

• Documentation and analysis

 

Circles of Influence (Decision Driving)

Instructor guide and materials along with computer based training serve to provide instruction for the factors that affect a driver’s decision-making ability including: personal characteristics, health and family, industry knowledge, work environment, hazard perception, and decision-making ability. Course content also includes the SIPDE methodology for hazard perception. As well, course content provides instruction for best practices acquired by drivers through experience that have become their rules of the road.

 

Shifting Techniques

Package content addresses primary and secondary shifting controls, indicators and their interpretation, different shift patterns, optimizing shift performance, transmissions and their functionality including manual and automatic configurations. Course scenarios challenge the driver to apply these concepts and therefore demonstrate good technique and decision-making based on variations in terrain, grade, weather and traffic patterns.

 

Fuel Management

This course addresses the driver’s role in affecting fuel consumption and savings. The course stresses factors such as speed management, route planning, control of engine torque, and preventative maintenance related to engine wear. As in the case of Shifting Techniques, the scenarios bundled with this course package challenge the driver to apply such concepts and demonstrate good shifting and speed management technique as it affects fuel consumption. The driver is faced with a variety of terrain and distractive events designed to influence decisions made by the driver for the choice of gear, his speed and space buffer, and torque control on grades.

 

Speed Management

Speed Management provides revealing information to the driver concerning the risks and consequences of speeding as well the factors within the driver’s control. Such factors include enhanced knowledge of braking distance based on actual reaction and response, and stopping distance based on relative speeds, load, and conditions. Additionally the user’s awareness is enhanced for concepts such as centrifugal force on ramps and curves. The risks of driving too slow, and the general design and intent behind the regulated speed limits for roads given the terrain, weather, and traffic. Supporting scenarios stress the driver’s ability to appropriately and constantly adjust their space buffer, anticipate traffic, as well as hazard perception and good decision-making.

 

Space Management

The Space Management course focuses on the concept of the Space Cushion and attempts to challenge the driver to apply additional techniques such as the Timed-Interval Method, Stopping time and calculation while in motion, movement through traffic, following strategies, merging, and especially right of way. The learning objectives are reinforced through the interactive training, handout materials that include worksheets and reference aids, and the interactive scenarios. The scenarios will elicit various responses and tasks by the driver that focus on the learning objectives and course concepts outlined above.

 

Adverse Conditions

The objectives for Adverse Conditions center on the driver recognizing hazards directly influenced by changes in weather and/or visibility. The course content will address such topics as awareness of reduced traction as affected changes in the road surface based on temperature, precipitation, vehicle weight, and the quality and profile of the vehicle tires. Additionally the course topics include night driving, urban driving conditions, desert driving, and descent of grades. The scenarios included with this course will stress the driver under various weather and lighting conditions. Scenarios will also provide exposure to various terrains such as mountain grades, freeway, and suburban driving.

 

Heavy Equipment Operation

Course that offers safe operation of the following pieces of Equipment: Crawler Tractor, Motor Grader, Front End Loader, & Articulating Rock Truck.

Course Code: CEHVYEQ 100

7:00 – 4:30 pm

$8,500.00 + GST 8 Wks

 

Heavy Equipment Machine Specific

Courses that offer safe operation of the following pieces of Equipment:

•Excavator/Backhoe •Dozer

•Front End Loader •Motor Scraper

•Grader •Skid Steer Loader

7:00 – 4:30 pm

Cost: Varies per machine Length: Varies

 

Haul Truck Operator

Course designed to provide participants with essential skills needed to operate a haul truck safely and efficiently based on manufacturers and industry operating efficiencies.

 

Class 5 Driver Training

This course is designed for students who have never operated a motor vehicle before or need a refresher for the rudiments of driving a motor vehicle. The course content will be presented in a very summary type of format with the major concepts of driving provided. The benefit of this type of course is that it provides the student with the safest form of instruction available using the most current advances in technology available in the driving industry. It is only logical that this type of course be the first form of instruction provided for new drivers. It affords the driver with the safest method of driving before hitting the public streets. The advances in technology that Simulator Training provides will be the future of “Driver Instruction”. This course is not meant to replace basic driver training programs; it is designed to afford students the confidence and knowledge needed to begin the driver education process in the safest possible manner. The primary focus of this course is individual and public safety.

 

SIMULATED DRIVING: Actual driving of simulator practicing the major driving tactics of speed & space management, the components of adverse & night time driving. Rural and urban driving practices.

 

OBJECTIVE: To familiarize students with the rules and regulations of driving, to provide instruction in safe driving techniques, to encourage safe driving attitudes and behavior, to provide initial skill development in simulated driving tasks, and to assess students development in the mentioned competencies.

 

Mobile Simulator

Cost: TBA

Call 780-799-8600/8601 for further information.